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L'affaire Gerald Bull: les canons de l'Apocalypse
By Normand Lester, Yvon Simard. 1991
L'auteur a été le premier à révéler, après la mort de Gerard Bull, que ce dernier travaillait à un projet…
de canon géant d'une technologie révolutionnaire et que sa participation au programme irakien de missiles avait sans doute provoqué son assassinat. 1991.Johan Beetz, le petit grand Européen: Le Petit Grand Européen (Les grandes figures. 42)
By Sylviane Soulaine. 2004
Aristocrate d'origine belge, Johan Beetz est un des piliers de la Côte-Nord. Non seulement il a réussi à briser le…
monopole de la Compagnie de la baie d'Hudson, mais il s'est révélé aussi un scientifique de grande réputation : ornithologue estimé, il a en outre mis sur pied un programme unique d'élevage des renards. En témoignage de reconnaissance pour les avoir préservés du fléau de la grippe espagnole, les citoyens ont décidé de rebaptiser leur village du nom de " Baie-Johan-Beetz ". Tout un honneur! 2004.Berceuse pour mon fils: récit
By Lise Dolbec, Melvin B Wise. 1988
Le régiment de Maisonneuve vers la victoire, 1944-1945
By Gérard Marchand. 1980
Voici le récit des péripéties vécues par les soldats du Régiment de Maisonneuve durant la phase la plus meurtrière de…
la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Vous revivrez de l'intérieur les drames et les joies de ces combattants dont la vie ne tenait qu'à un fil. 1980.Fernand Seguin: le savant imaginaire
By Jean Marc Carpentier, Danielle Ouellet. 1994
Une reconstitution fidèle de l'impressionnante carrière et du cheminement personnel de cet humaniste et communicateur scientifique au Québec à qui…
l'on a décerné, en 1977, la plus haute distinction internationale dans le domaine de la vulgarisation scientifique. Pendant plus de quarante ans, il aura initié tous les publics à la joie de connaître. Véritable homme-orchestre: il était à la fois un chercheur passionné, un humoriste incomparable, un animateur talentueux et un producteur. 1994.Opium eater: the new confessions
By Carlyn Zwarenstein. 2016
North Americans are the world's most compulsive and prolific users of legal opioids. Carlyn Zwarenstein, diagnosed with an inflammatory spine…
disease as a young mother, eventually turned to them to manage her pain. In this update of De Quincey’s "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater", she recounts her search for relief and release - with its euphoric ups, hallucinatory lows and desperate pharmacy visits. Along the way she traces the long tradition of opium’s influence on culture and imagination, from De Quincey to Frida Kahlo. Part love letter to Romanticism, part critique of modern medicine, Zwarenstein’s memoir offers a distinctly different riff on pain, creativity and mind-altering drugs. 2016.Only the eyes say yes: a love story
By Philippe Vigand, Stéphane Vigand. 1999
Chronicles the struggles of a young French couple after Philippe develops a condition known as locked-in syndrome as a result…
of a ruptured brain artery. Describes their rehabilitation efforts, including the use of a blinking alphabet and a computer. Stéphane reflects on her decision to remain married and on the birth of their child. 1999. Uniform title: Putain de silence.One soldier: a Canadian soldier's fight against the Islamic State
By Dillon Hillier, Russell Hillier. 2016
Dillon Hillier, a corporal with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, returned home from a tour in Afghanistan and started…
up a normal life. But when ISIS insurgents began attacking local populations in Iraq and elsewhere, Hillier, a long-time soldier, felt he had to join in the action, so he sold his truck, lied to his parents about where he was going and became the first Canadian to volunteer to fight ISIS in Iraq. For three months, Dillon accompanied the Kurdish army as they fought a series of battles against the Islamic State throughout northern Iraq. During his mission, Dillon saw combat, experienced life in the trenches, partnered with a former US Marine, had a bounty placed on his head and learned an important truth: that in the chaos of war, the difference between life and death is measured in inches, and some things can never be forgotten. 2016.Open road to faraway: escapes from Nazi POW camps, 1941-1945
By Andrew Winton. 2001
The story of an Edinburgh art teacher who was shot down at night over Frankfurt in September 1941. There began…
four years of captivity in Nazi POW camps, escapes and constant danger in Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Longing for freedom, with courage and determination, he survived hunger, cold and beatings - even a spell in Buchenwald - to give evidence at Nuremberg. 2001.One soldier's story: a memoir
By Robert J Dole. 2005
Former senator from Kansas describes his enlistment into the elite U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division as a lieutenant during World…
War II. Chronicles the April 14, 1945, battle in Italy that paralyzed him, his long recovery, first marriage, and entry into civilian life and the political sphere. Bestseller. 2005.Il n'y a pas lieu, madame: récit vérité
By Isabelle Robert. 1979
L'histoire vécue d'une femme qui parle de sa grossesse et qui nous raconte dans toute ses nuances le rapport intime…
qui s'établit entre son corps et l'être qu'elle porte. Ce qui s'annonçait comme une merveilleuse aventure tourne au cauchemar. 1979.One hundred names for love: a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing
By Diane Ackerman. 2011
Author and naturalist Ackerman reflects on the time she spent caring for her husband, novelist Paul West, after a stroke…
took his ability to speak. With conventional therapy not working, Ackerman decided to step in and do everything she could to help her husband find his words. 2011.One beetle too many: the extraordinary adventures of Charles Darwin
By Kathryn Lasky. 2010
One bullet for me: A Woman's Journey Through The Horror Of Ww Ii
By Magdalene Krüger Klinksiek, Janet M Hixon. 1996
One man's medicine
By Morris Gibson. 1983
Amusing stories about a Scottish doctor's years as a medical student in Glasgow, an army physician in wartime England, and…
a general practitioner in rural Yorkshire. Followed by "A View of the Mountains." 1983.On pills and needles: the relentless fight to save my son from opioid addiction
By Rick Van Warner. 2018
Through his harrowing personal story, Rick Van Warner exposes the common causes of opioid addiction, effective and ineffective ways it…
has been treated, and how families can walk alongside loved ones who are dealing with the realities of addiction. 2018.Faim de vivre: témoignage
By Jérôme Ferrer. 2018
Quand le cancer s'invite à table, même un grand chef se sent démuni. Jérôme Ferrer l'a vécu lorsque Virginie, avec…
qui il s'apprêtait à fonder une famille, a appris qu'elle avait un cancer du poumon de stade 4. Plongé dans un combat injuste, il a affronté la maladie avec les armes qui sont les siennes : le plaisir de cuisiner des plats assaisonnés de souvenirs et de tendresse. Son témoignage est un récit touchant, une réflexion sur le pouvoir d'une simple recette de tomates farcies, une belle histoire d'accompagnement et un généreux hommage à la ' faim de vivre ' de ceux qui s'aiment. Faim de vivre trouvera un bel écho parmi tous ceux qui accompagnent une personne atteinte du cancer et se sentent impuissants à la soutenir. 2018.La guerre dans ma cour: récit autobiographique ((Boréal junior ; 34). #Vol. 34)
By Kees Vanderheyden. 1994
Pour un enfant insouciant, la guerre ressemble parfois à un jeu.Mais ce livre est aussi une prise de conscience des…
drames effrayants que les conflits entraînent. Un témoignage important en cette époque où, aux quatre coins du monde, des enfants innocents côtoient quotidiennement la guerre et la mort. Années 3-6. 1994.Northern Nurses II: more nursing adventures from Canada's North
By Karen J Scott, Joan E Kieser. 2005
A true account of nurses in Canada's north. Describes the enormous challenges faced in these regions, and the limits to…
travel and communications caused by the weather. The scope of situations described in the delivery of health care to these communities is nearly unimaginable to non-northerners, as are the talents, creativity and determination needed to succeed in such a harsh and unforgiving environment. Sequel to "Northern nurses: true nursing adventures from Canada's north" (DC25082). 2005.One of the world's top surgeons, an advocate of democratic medical services, and an international humanitarian, Norman Bethune invented the…
mobile blood transfusion unit for the Spanish Civil War. He is revered in China as a hero, where he was a personal friend of Chairman Mao Zedong, and where his unceasing and inventive work established a lasting bond between his adopted people and this heroic Canadian. 2004